WEEK 9: DETROIT LIONS at MINNESOTA VIKINGS 2018 DETROIT
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2018 DETROIT LIONS SCHEDULE WEEK 9: DETROIT LIONS at MINNESOTA VIKINGS REGULAR SEASON (3-4) Date: .............................................. Sunday, November 4 Kickoff: .........................................................1:00 p.m. ET DATE OPPONENT TV TIME/RESULT Stadium: ...........................................U.S. Bank Stadium 9/10 NEW YORK JETS ESPN# L, 17-48 Capacity: ...............................................................66,800 9/16 at San Francisco 49ers FOX L, 27-30 Playing Surface: ..............................................FieldTurf 9/23 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS NBC# W, 26-10 TELEVISION: FOX Play-By-Play: ....................................Thom Brennaman 9/30 at Dallas Cowboys FOX L, 24-26 Analyst: ...................................................Chris Spielman 10/7 GREEN BAY PACKERS FOX W, 31-23 Sideline: ...............................................................Jen Hale 10/14 ***BYE WEEK*** LIONS RADIO NETWORK Flagship: ...................................................... WJR-760 AM 10/21 at Miami Dolphins FOX W, 32-21 Play-By-Play: ................................................. Dan Miller 10/28 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS FOX L, 14-28 Analyst: ......................................................Lomas Brown 11/4 at Minnesota Vikings FOX 1:00 p.m. SERIES INFORMATION 11/11 at Chicago Bears FOX 1:00 p.m. The Lions embark on their first divisional road trip of the 2018 11/18 CAROLINA PANTHERS FOX 1:00 p.m. season with a matchup on Sunday at the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions look to improve their winning streak to three consec- 11/22 CHICAGO BEARS CBS# 12:30 p.m. utive victories at U.S. Bank Stadium after most recently win- 12/2 LOS ANGELES RAMS FOX 1:00 p.m. ning at Minnesota 14-7 in Week 4 of the 2017 season. 12/9 at Arizona Cardinals FOX 4:25 p.m. SERIES BY THE NUMBERS 12/16 at Buffalo Bills FOX 1:00 p.m. Regular Season Record vs. Min ................................................39-72-2 Home Record vs. Min ....................................................................23-33-1 12/23 MINNESOTA VIKINGS FOX 1:00 p.m. Record at Ford Field .......................................................................6-10-0 12/30 at Green Bay Packers FOX 1:00 p.m. Road Record vs. Min .....................................................................16-39-1 # Nationally Televised Record at U.S. Bank Stadium .........................................................2-0-0 Last Game (Regular Season) ............. Det 23 vs. Min 30 (11/23/17) LIONS ONLINE MEDIA GUIDE 2018 STATISTICAL COMPARISON Launched in 2016, the Detroit Lions Media Guide is now also OFFENSE DET Rk MIN Rk available through a new interactive platform on NFLOMG.com. Points/Game 24.4 17t 24.6 14t Designed to be a one-stop shop for all users, the new online Total Offense 373.4 16 385.8 9 media guide features standard media guide information, Rushing Offense 109.7 16 87.1 29 weekly game releases, in-game player tracking features, as Passing Offense 263.7 15 298.6 6 well as statistical reports generated directly from NFL GSIS. 3rd Down Offense % 42.3 12 38.7 19 USERNAME: Your Email; PASSWORD: LionsMedia Red Zone Efficiency 50.0 21t 54.1 18t FOOTBALL COMMUNICATIONS CONTACTS Giveaways 10 13t 11 15t DEFENSE DET Rk MIN Rk Eamonn Reynolds .............Director of Football Communications Points/Game 26.6 25 24.4 15 ¾ [email protected] Total Defense 367.7 19 336.4 10 Deanna Ivey .........................Manager of Football Media Services Rushing Defense 144.6 31 91.8 5 ¾ [email protected] Passing Defense 223.1 7 244.6 15 Solomon Williams .............Coordinator of Football Communications 3rd Down Defense % 39.2 17 25.5 1 ¾ [email protected] Greg Maiola .........................Coordinator of Football Communications Red Zone Efficiency 52.1 11 43.3 5 ¾ [email protected] Takeaways 6 28t 13 9t 1 LEADER OF THE PRIDE PATRICIA HIRED TO LEAD LIONS ON FEB. 5, 2018 MATT PATRICIA As Detroit’s 27th coach in franchise history, Patricia has Head Coach emphasized the dedication and passion to championship-caliber Seasons with Lions: 1 football that has defined him throughout his coaching career. "I want to represent the Seasons in NFL: 15 toughness of this city. We will be organized. We will be detailed. We will teach and develop our players and our coaches. We will PATRICIA'S COACHING HISTORY be passionate. We will love YEAR TEAM POSITION and respect the game, and 2018- Detroit Lions Head Coach we will be committed to 2012-17 New England Patriots Defensive Coordinator 2011 New England Patriots Safeties winning." 2006-10 New England Patriots Linebackers 2005 New England Patriots Assistant Offensive Line WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT PATRICIA 2004 New England Patriots Coaching Assistant Lions Executive Vice President & General Manager Bob 2001-03 Syracuse Graduate Assistant Quinn: “When we launched the search for our next head coach, 1999-2000 Amherst Defensive Line I wanted to find a leader that could take us to the next level 1996 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Graduate Assistant and I am confident we have found that in Matt Patricia. Matt COACHING OVERVIEW is driven to succeed, has extreme passion for the game and excels in preparation. He embodies the same hard-working, Patricia spent 14 seasons as a member of the New England blue-collar attributes that represent our organization and the Patriots coaching staff, including stints on both sides of the great City of Detroit.” ball. He brings to Detroit more than 20 years of coaching experience in the college and professional ranks. In all 14 of Lions OL Graham Glasgow on what he senses from Patricia & his seasons at the Patriots, New England finished with 10 or how he's laid out what he wants to do with this team: “He’s more wins. always just down to brass tacks. He’s very straight forward ¾ Three-time Super Bowl champion (XXXIX, XLIX, LI). and his goals are to win and to just win every week. And that’s ¾ Six AFC Championships and 13 AFC East Championships. something that all of us can get behind.” ¾ In Patricia’s six seasons (2012-17) coordinating the Patriots defense, the club accumulated an NFL-best 75-21 (.781) record in that span. ¾ Patricia's defense ranked 2nd in points allowed (19.2), fourth in games allowing 20 points or fewer (53) and 2nd in games allowing 17 points or fewer (47) over the course of those six seasons. ¾ Reached 12 or more wins in 11 out of 14 seasons as a member of the Patriots coaching staff. ¾ Patricia’s six seasons overseeing New England’s defense led to the sixth-most takeaways (157) during that span, while they also accumulated an NFL-best +71 turnover differential. ¾ In Patricia’s final year as defensive coordinator in 2017, the Patriots held teams to 20 points or fewer in 11 games (2nd in Lions LB Jarrad Davis on what he learned about Patricia in NFL), including 10 games with 17 or fewer. the offseason & how much of a difference a coach can be in the NFL: “It can be a huge difference. The way he came in, honestly, just set the tone right away. You know, he came in, he laid down the law, he gave us the rules and he came in with energy. He wasn’t saying, ‘Oh, this is how it’s going to be.’ He came in, he made it clear, gave us the expectations, and now we have something we can chase." Lions G T.J. Lang on his first impressions of Patricia: “He’s won quite a few championships and knows the way it’s supposed to go, knows how winning football looks. Excited to have him as a coach... Anytime you get a chance to work with a guy with such a great resume that he has, you’ve obviously got to be excited about that.” 2 QUINN MAKES HIS MARK PATRIOTS PAST BOB QUINN During his time with New England, Quinn served a number of roles in the player personnel department, including most Executive Vice President and recently as Director of Pro Scouting from 2012-15. While he General Manager worked as Director of Pro Scouting, the Patriots won Super Bowl XLIX and four-straight AFC East Division championships. Seasons with Lions: 3 ¾ From 2009-2012, Quinn was the Assistant Director of Pro Personnel. For the previous nine years, Quinn worked in Seasons in NFL: 19 several different capacities within the Patriots player personnel department, including roles in college scouting as a National Scout and Regional Scout. He played an integral BUILDING FOR SUCCESS role in evaluating and procuring talent for the team through In 2016, his first season at the helm, Quinn became the Lions’ the NFL draft process, free agency, trades, etc. first general manager to guide the team to the playoffs in his ¾ While working for the New England Patriots, he helped inaugural season since Nick Kerbawy in 1952. contribute to one of the most impressive stretches in NFL ¾ Entering his third season, Quinn's ongoing commitment to history, one that produced four Super Bowl titles. Since improve all aspects of the club's football operations was 2000, Quinn’s first year with New England, the Patriots highlighted by naming Matt Patricia the team's new head have won six AFC Championships, 13 AFC East titles, 12+ coach in 2018. games in a season 10 times (which includes the past six ¾ Along with the nearly 40-percent changeover and upgrade to years) and 10+ games in 14 of his 16 seasons. the team’s roster he inherited in 2016, Quinn’s changes paid dividends in 2016 when the Lions finished 9-7 on the team’s BUILDING THE TEAM way to the playoffs. 2018 UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS ¾ In his second season, Quinn continued to build upon Blount, LeGarrette RB Oregon UFA-PHI '18 his vision including restructuring the player personnel Jones, Christian LB Florida State UFA-CHI '18 department and scouting evaluation processes; renovating Kennard, Devon LB Southern California UFA-NYG '18 the team’s weight room and practice fields along with Wiggins, Kenny G Fresno State UFA-LAC '18 other facility improvements; upgrading the team’s football Willson, Luke TE Rice UFA-SEA '18 information and video technology; and instituting a 2018 DRAFT CLASS comprehensive nutritional program, which included the Ragnow, Frank OL Arkansas D-1 '18 hiring of a performance dietician for the players.